FLUORESENCE-FLUORESCEIN MILESTONES ON THE LONG ROAD TO CLINICAL FLUOROMETRY AND FLUORO-ANGIOGRAPHY.

97th DOG Annual Meeting 1999

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FLUORESENCE-FLUORESCEIN MILESTONES ON THE LONG ROAD TO CLINICAL FLUOROMETRY AND FLUORO-ANGIOGRAPHY.

H. Remky

1. Fluorescence of plant extracts: emission of blue light by yellow and colourless solutions,emission of green light by yellow solutions (observations by Newton, Goethe. Herschel, Brewster, Stokes)
2. Discovery of the relationship between refrangibility and inner absorption of light. Theory that molecular vibration transforms the frequency of light waves (Stokes)
3.Synthesis of fluorescein (Baeyer 1871), whose emission had not been surpassed by any tolerable dye at the time
4.The "green line" (Ehrlich 1881). Experimental investigations on intraocular fluid exchange by Schöler and Uthoff, 1881.
5. Fluorometry of human aqueous humour (Lindner1920, Amsler and Huber 1946) and the vitreous (Sampaolesi 1959).
6. Recommendation for early diagnosis of sympathetic ophtalmia by anterior chamber observation after oral administration of fluorescein (Burk 1910), "dyshorie sympathique" (Amsler and Huber 1949).
7. Experimental fluoroscopy of the iris vessels with short-wave light (Hertel 1928) and the retinal vessels (Kikai 1930). Fluoroscopy of human aqueous veins (Kleinert 1959).
8.Fluoroscopy of the human fundus. Papilla (Burk 1910), retinal tears (Sorsby 1939), choroid haemangioma (Mac Lean and Maumenee 1960).
9.Experimental fluoroscopy of the retinal vessels using cobalt blue filter (Chao and Flocks 1957)
10. Experimental fluoro-cinematography of the retinal vessels (Flocks et al, carbon arc lamp, UV and cobalt blue filters)

Augenklinik Remky, Arabellastr. 5 D-81925 München

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